WGU C468 PRE-TEST
Get a hint
A nurse documents care of a patient with a decubitus ulcer in the electronic health record.
Which term describes the electronic health record in this situation? -✔✔-Information system
Which statement describes nurses as knowledge workers? -✔✔-Nurses generate knowledge as a
product.
Which national trend is related to nursing informatics? -✔✔-Barcode scanning for medication
administration
Which standardized nursing terminology is composed of nursing diagnoses, nursing actions, and
nursing outcomes? -✔✔-ICNP
(International Classification for Nursing Practice)
Which of the following requires standardized nursing terminology to meet its criteria? -✔✔-
Meaningful Use
What is a challenge to the adoption of eHealth strategies? -✔✔-Creating economic incentives and
policies that providers view as essential to accomplishing their financial and professional goals
What is the importance of a nurse's active participation in electronic patient information? -✔✔-To
ensure patient information will be current and accessible to the healthcare team
A nurse is working on a medical surgical unit and is concerned over a patient's worsening heart
failure. The nurse calls the provider to discuss the assessments.
How does the electronic medical record facilitate a collaborative discussion in this situation?
,Choose 2 answers -✔✔-The provider can visualize the chest x-ray remotely.
-The provider has access to the data being discussed.
What are common features of the various health information systems?
Choose 3 answers -✔✔-Creates a comprehensive record of the patient's medical history
-Is unique in the way they function and provide information to clinicians
-Collects, processes and distributes patient centered data to manage and provide care
Match each term with its healthcare information system.
Answer options may be used more than once or not at all.
1. Admission, discharge, and transfer system
2. Radiology information system
3. Financial system
4. Clinical documentation system
5. Scheduling system -✔✔1=Administrative Information Systems
2=Clinical Information Systems
3=Administrative Information Systems
4=Clinical Information Systems
, 5=Administrative Information Systems
Which health information system is used to collect and store client identification and demographic
data that are verified and updated at the time of each visit? -✔✔-Registration system
Administration in an acute care clinic is considering adopting a health information system. A team is
formed with members of clinical areas, software vendors, and an executive team of stakeholders.
Which collaborative tasks are important for this team to accomplish with regard to selecting the
health information system?
Choose 3 answers -✔✔-Determine who will be accountable for the project
-Determine how resources will be allocated to support the system
-Assess potential for process improvement while using the system
An admission nurse is awaiting notification of whether a patient being monitored by telehealth will
be admitted to the hospital. The physician has already documented the admission orders in the
digital medical record. Due to miscommunication, the admitting nurse did not access the digital
medical record. There was a significant delay in the patient's admission, which led to decreased
patient satisfaction with the admission process.
How can the use of the digital health record improve this process?
Choose 2 answers -✔✔-It prevents the delay of tests and services.
-It allows for easy access to patient information.
What are the essential components of an electronic health record?
Choose 3 answers -✔✔-Vital signs
Get a hint
A nurse documents care of a patient with a decubitus ulcer in the electronic health record.
Which term describes the electronic health record in this situation? -✔✔-Information system
Which statement describes nurses as knowledge workers? -✔✔-Nurses generate knowledge as a
product.
Which national trend is related to nursing informatics? -✔✔-Barcode scanning for medication
administration
Which standardized nursing terminology is composed of nursing diagnoses, nursing actions, and
nursing outcomes? -✔✔-ICNP
(International Classification for Nursing Practice)
Which of the following requires standardized nursing terminology to meet its criteria? -✔✔-
Meaningful Use
What is a challenge to the adoption of eHealth strategies? -✔✔-Creating economic incentives and
policies that providers view as essential to accomplishing their financial and professional goals
What is the importance of a nurse's active participation in electronic patient information? -✔✔-To
ensure patient information will be current and accessible to the healthcare team
A nurse is working on a medical surgical unit and is concerned over a patient's worsening heart
failure. The nurse calls the provider to discuss the assessments.
How does the electronic medical record facilitate a collaborative discussion in this situation?
,Choose 2 answers -✔✔-The provider can visualize the chest x-ray remotely.
-The provider has access to the data being discussed.
What are common features of the various health information systems?
Choose 3 answers -✔✔-Creates a comprehensive record of the patient's medical history
-Is unique in the way they function and provide information to clinicians
-Collects, processes and distributes patient centered data to manage and provide care
Match each term with its healthcare information system.
Answer options may be used more than once or not at all.
1. Admission, discharge, and transfer system
2. Radiology information system
3. Financial system
4. Clinical documentation system
5. Scheduling system -✔✔1=Administrative Information Systems
2=Clinical Information Systems
3=Administrative Information Systems
4=Clinical Information Systems
, 5=Administrative Information Systems
Which health information system is used to collect and store client identification and demographic
data that are verified and updated at the time of each visit? -✔✔-Registration system
Administration in an acute care clinic is considering adopting a health information system. A team is
formed with members of clinical areas, software vendors, and an executive team of stakeholders.
Which collaborative tasks are important for this team to accomplish with regard to selecting the
health information system?
Choose 3 answers -✔✔-Determine who will be accountable for the project
-Determine how resources will be allocated to support the system
-Assess potential for process improvement while using the system
An admission nurse is awaiting notification of whether a patient being monitored by telehealth will
be admitted to the hospital. The physician has already documented the admission orders in the
digital medical record. Due to miscommunication, the admitting nurse did not access the digital
medical record. There was a significant delay in the patient's admission, which led to decreased
patient satisfaction with the admission process.
How can the use of the digital health record improve this process?
Choose 2 answers -✔✔-It prevents the delay of tests and services.
-It allows for easy access to patient information.
What are the essential components of an electronic health record?
Choose 3 answers -✔✔-Vital signs
